There is some middle ground possible - I simply unfollowed everyone on Facebook, so my feed is always empty, and unfriend anyone with whom I wouldn't be willing

There is some middle ground possible - I simply unfollowed everyone on Facebook, so my feed is always empty, and unfriend anyone with whom I wouldn't be willing to have a coffee. I'm often invited to events that are organized via Facebook, and it's sometime the only point of contact I have for people when they change their other contact info, so my approach seems, for me, more practical than deleting my account entirely.